Diary April 6, 1942

04-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

The light carrier Ryujo suffered from stability problems, stemming largely from the topweight of a double hangar upon what was in essence a slim cruiser hull.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 6, 1942:

Sea War

Indian Ocean: Three squadrons of Japanese cruisers and destroyers ravage Allied shipping in Bay of Bengal – sinking 16 vessels. Planes from carrier Ryujo sink 3 more and also bomb small Indian ports of Cocanada and Vizagapatam.

Air War

Mediterranean: Night raid on Alexandria (132 casualties).
Germany: 212 RAF bombers attacking Cologne and dropping 313t of bombs.

Home Fronts

Germany: Bread, meat and fat (i.e., margarine) rations cut, inc. quantities allowed to heavy industrial workers and infants.

Politics

Britain: Italian liners Saturnia and Vulcania arrive at Gibraltar en route for Somaliland, where they are to repatriate 11,000 Italian colonists. 2 other passenger ships sent later in month (return Italy, July 1942).

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.